While governments struggle with geopolitical tensions, India’s Supreme Court is grappling with a challenge of a different kind: artificial intelligence in the justice system. Draft rules published this week explicitly prohibit the use of AI for determining judicial outcomes or assessing bail eligibility. The rules stipulate that AI systems used in court processes must “function solely in an assistive capacity” and remain “strictly subservient to human judgment and judicial authority.”
The move places India at the forefront of a global debate over the limits of automation in high-stakes decision-making — a debate that is only intensifying as AI tools become more powerful and more ubiquitous.
